[meteorite-list] Name of Texas Fall: Ash Creek

[Jeff Grossman]

I'm told that 'West' will be made a synonym.  The NomCom hasn't done 
this formally at this time.

I agree that names of falls should be decided asap.  I used to try to 
do this when I was in a position to do so.

Often, the name that gets priority is the one suggested by the 
initial finder.  The rule is that it has to be "named after a nearby 
geographical locality."

jeff

At 12:01 PM 4/16/2009, Mark Ford wrote:
>  Steve has a point there, is the new name cross correlated in some way
>with 'West' in the actual database? (It just came up as Ash Creek when I
>searched).  - Just worries me it's a great way to loose a few thousand
>specimens of a fall, if in the future you can't cross correlate the
>label names!
>
>I also wonder if there was any way a name could be officially assigned
>at the time of a fall rather than several months after it's recovered?
>
>Out of interest, is the name that's given the nearest place/town to the
>first recovery, or to the majority location of the finds? How's it
>decided?
>
>Best,
>Mark
>
>
>
>
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>Jeff,
>
>Does the Nomenclature Committed assign "official synonyms" such as West
>as
>well?
>
>As they say, it is hard to get the toothpaste back in the tube once it
>is
>out.
>
>Steve Arnold
>Arkansas
>
>
>
>In a message dated 4/16/2009 8:02:53 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
>jgrossman at usgs.gov writes:
>I just wanted everybody on the list to know that  the Nomenclature
>Committee has approved the name of the recent fall near  West,
>Texas.  It will have the official name "Ash Creek".  See  this and 38
>other recent approvals at:
>http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/  (use the What's New pulldown menu).
>
>jeff
>
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